The Boerne area did not escape the pandemic. The flu arrived in Texas by late September 1918 and spread rapidly through the ...

The joining of genetic sequences from pig and human influenza created the deadly strain that killed up to 40 million people around the world in 1918 and 1919, say Australian researchers. Unlike other ...

The 1918 Spanish Flu reshaped how people think about crowds and touch. Fear lingered long after the outbreak, guiding social ...

Just over a century ago, a virulent flu outbreak was wreaking havoc on the world. We know it now as the 1918 influenza pandemic, and its tremors were felt far and wide. By the end of its spread, tens ...

In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately.

In the winter of 1918, an illness was spreading in Haskell County, Kansas. The remote farming community in the state's southwestern corner sat roughly 300 miles from anywhere most Americans would ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. In the fall of ...

Should I use soap and water or wear a mask? Should I take the train? Will they close the schools? What will this do to local businesses? Aspen’s residents faced the 1918 influenza pandemic with the ...

Alton's Catholic orphanage, schools, and public workers amid scarlet fever and measles outbreaks, as doctors struggle to ...

The world changed six years ago this month. What began as a cluster of pneumonia cases overseas became a global pandemic that ...